john, what role is this alto question playing in the politics out there? you've been reporting in that region of the country for years. >> it's huge. i mean, it's giant, because the american auto industry when it got going, you know, they started in detroit, it's true. but then they kind of moved out in spokes down to toledo, over to lordstown, across the lake to kenosha, down to indiana. the fact of the matter is there are very few ves in america that are so broadly spread through regions. now, the way that most of our media covers it, it's just michigan, right? the fact of the matter is, identify was the editor "the toledo blade" for many years, our line always was when michigan gets a cold, toledo's got pneumonia. this is in many ways auto is as big or bigger issue in ohio for a whole bunch of reasons. and the fascinating thing about this is, this is an intentional strategy by mitt romney. it is one of the most remarkable things i've ever seen in politics and i've covered a lot of politics. he went to ohio and he said, i read in bloomberg that they're g